- Gear Slayer's first official playtest goes live in 2 days - 17 September 2025
When: Opens at 5pm EST on September 19th Closes 8pm EST on September 21st.What's included:Tutorial ModeUnlimited Free-playTORRENT starter deckVenom Marker mechanicPlayer VS CPU gameplayTo register, join the https://discord.gg/eJhW633Pqp And grab the 'Playtester' role in the Factions channel to be automatically registered.
- đą CALLING ALL PLAYTESTERS - 3 September 2025
Hey everyone! Whoâs ready to play Gear Slayer CCG this September? Youâve heard it here, Slayers! The first version of Gear Slayer will be ready on September 19th at 5:00pm EST to September 21st at 8:00pm EST. This will be available for all the members in our Discord who are interested in playtesting and being the first to get their hands on Gear Slayer. For those of you who will be playing, we need your help when it comes to feedback and any bug reports. Your feedback and assistance will make this a better game for everyone to enjoy! Hereâs what you can expect in the coming weeks: Player VS CPU - Freeplay,Tutorial Mode,Updated cut-in animation,Improved Card Stat UI: when a card is equipped or affected by another, a UI will appear next to it to show which card is linked to it.,Implemented tooltips for quality of life and quick information,Improved core conversion UI model,For those who aâŠ
- Kickstarter Announcement & Playtest News - 23 June 2025
The Prelaunch Page is liveThis time, weâre doing it right.After stepping back and looking at the roadmap of what it takes to bring this campaign to life, the way you and Gear Slayer truly deserve, weâve never felt more inspired. Along the way, we will share more of the roadmap, as well as updates on the development. To begin that journey, weâd love for you to follow the new pre-launch page and be the first to know when we go live.Gear Slayer CCG Signup Page Letâs make this the version of Gear Slayer we all know it can be.As a quick reminder, The Fledgling Fencer Ultima card will be available for the 30 people who have backed this campaign. We will be bringing this card back for the next round of the campaign, so you will not miss your chance at this exclusive card!Alpha Testers, Assemble!We invite all backers to participate in the alpha testing. We are already familiar with those who haâŠ
- Weekly Blog 7 - 23 May 2025
Weâre revamping the UI! With the Kickstarter coming up around the corner and having a lot of the gameplay mechanics polished, the team wanted to take some quality time and improve the UI, if you thought Gear Slayer was looking good before, you should check it out now! Below are some Before vs After videos to give everyone a comparison Core Conversion Thanks to the feedback from the community, we realized how much the players appreciated the wheel concept for Core Conversion. Having the wheel set up this way helps us keep the game flow feel fluid and constantly moving. Battle Priority and Attack How gears initiate battle needed a lot of reworking, it become too clunky having to click your card, click across the screen to attack, so we want to keep everything centered around your card. With the new UI changes, you will see the âswordâ icon above the cards ATK power. This icon indicates thâŠ
- Weekly Blog 6 - 15 May 2025
Welcome back to another weekly blog at Gear Slayer TCG! This week, weâve focused primarily on a few factors, such as power balancing, UI issues, and fine-tuning the specific mechanics involved for each keyword. Weâve also been refining the Kickstarter page by adding new GIFS and many new images, including the roadmap for Gear Slayer! Thereâs been a ton of changes and improvements, so letâs dive in. Letâs talk about Elemental Combat In Gear Slayer, there are 7 different elements you can fight with, each having its own weakness and resistance. This is why itâs crucial to keep a close eye on the elements in question, as your opponent can change yours or their element and resistance. In the video, the opponent has turned my Aqua card into a Fire type, and with Bri being a water type, puts the opponent at an elemental advantage. Cards with an elemental advantage will gain a +1 ATK buff durinâŠ
- Weekly Blog 5 - 6 May 2025
Hi everyone, this is Rocco from Hybrid Theory Games. We have some exciting news regarding Gear Slayer's alpha. As we draw closer to the Kickstarter launch, we have been laser-focused on the QA for the alpha build, and weâve made some insane improvements over the last couple of weeks. We want to begin showing off footage from the alpha with our community because we know how eager everyone is to start seeing gameplay footage. So, without further ado. Take a look at the progress the team has made recently! Mulligan: Donât like the cards youâre dealt with? No worries. Once the battle has started, both players will be allowed to select as many cards in their hands as they wish to swap out. The selected cards are shuffled back into your deck, allowing you to draw new cards. Giving players a chance at a stronger strategy from the beginning. Discard Pile: Certain cards will allow you to play caâŠ
- Weekly Blog 4 - 24 April 2025
Hi everyone. It's Rocco from Hybrid Theory Games. We've got another epic announcement for voice actors we've brought in for the next wave of upcoming Hero cards. Lucifer Lucifer the Onyx Blade - a powerful warrior and commander of the Hadian Empire's army. He acts as the right hand man of the king, and his loyalty is unbreakable. Known for swinging a large pitch black greatsword; capable of cleaving through waves of enemies. Adam Adam is the older brother of the twin duo from Allium's Project Origins experiment. Allium experiments with infusing high levels of Aura into children, raising them to be super soldiers. Adam is very crude, having little empathy for others. Being stoic and with a strong sense to follow through on his missions. He wields dual katanas and can use his Aura abilities to manifest a storm of aura-katanas capable to swarming armies. Eve Eve is the younger sister of thâŠ
- Weekly Blog 3 - 3 April 2025
Hey everyone, Rocco again with really exciting news this weekly blog! We recently had the pleasure of being invited on the Mekel Kasanova Podcast, and it was an incredible experience. The conversation was dynamic, sharing our appreciation for games, animes, and taking about the Gear Slayer journey - from building the team around our company to what makes our game unique compared to other card games. I loved every second of being able to share the vision and passion behind what we're building. Stay tuned for more updates surrounding voice acting, gameplay, alpha build progress, and much more! If you haven't already, be sure to click "Notify me on launch" so you don't miss out - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hybridtheorygames/gear-slayer-tcg
- Weekly Blog 2 - 27 March 2025
Hey it's Rocco again with another weekly blog! In today's update, we're showing you some of the VFX we've been producing over the past few weeks and are implementing into the Alpha of the game for the upcoming Kickstarter. Let's dive right in! Summon VFX The idea behind the summon VFX is that the cards digitally manifest on the battlefield as if they are playing a combat simulator. Ability Keyword VFX This is an active keyword and activates after the Gear card is summoned, highlighted by that bright brimming aura and glow. Attack VFX Emulating a battlefield - we wanted to design an attack VFX that emulates a powerful, and destructive impact, to really show the "clash" between two Gears on the field. Attack Up VFX We utilized the upward movement of the aura and line-work to emulate the attack up buff. Pretty straightforward. Attack Down Similar to the Attack Up VFX, we utilized downwardâŠ
- Weekly Blog 1 - 23 March 2025
Hi everyone. It's Rocco from Hybrid Theory Games. In anticipation of our upcoming Kickstarter campaign, here is an update regarding voice acting for Gear Slayer TCG! We worked closely with the awesome voice actors at Closing Credits to find up and coming talent to voice some of our iconic heroes and cast - check out some of the voice actors and characters we've officially finished for adding in-game! Ultima Ultima is the protagonist of Gear Slayer and the world of Aurellia. Daughter of Cassandra and Erebus, and princess of the Hadian Empire - she is a talented fencer and fighter. Her life changes forever upon finding out her father's true identity and watching the horrifying tragedies unfold. Ultima flees the nation in the dead of night. Without a plan in mind - she fearfully runs for her life with the core objective of eventually taking back her homeland. Raine Raine is the current GraâŠ
- Gear Slayer TCG Kickstarter Launch Window Reveal! - 23 March 2025
We are excited to announce that our Kickstarter prelaunch is live! We've already seen some incredible traction as we gear up to officially launch in April 2025. We're currently in a polish alpha stage for the game, integrating VFX, polishing UI and gameplay - for a killer campaign! For those of you that haven't had the chance to check out our Kickstarter, visit us here - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hybridtheorygames/gear-slayer-tcg We appreciate everyone's support, from a follow, to simply sharing with your friends. Stay tuned for the official launch date, which we will announce in the coming weeks.
